His early style is marked by a strong use of the octatonic scale, as well as an eclectic use of different notes and instruments.
Silvestri was 21 years old when he started his film/television composing career. In his ongoing, decades-long career as a composer, Alan Silvestri has scored some of the most iconically revered and profitable films in Hollywood history.
Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). He also owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California. Grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[ and attended Teaneck High School there. He studied guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out after two years to tour with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American film composer and conductor.
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